"If I had abandoned my children": Community mobilization and commitment to the identity of mother in Northeast Brazil

Social Forces

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 331-358

  Neuhouser, Kevin ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039572118     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/77.1.331     Document Type: Article

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